CFP: Distopia/Utopia (no deadline noted; e-journal)

full name / name of organization:

Kirsten Uszkalo

contact email:

submissions@nasty.cx

Subject: dis/utopia

Voyeuristic television programs such as Survivor and Big Brother, coupledwith the easy accessibility of information via the Internet and other moderninformation sources, are a startling echo of the Distopian writings ofOrwell and Huxley. Have we succumbed to a Distopian order, or are we simplyon a bumpy path to a Utopian world?

nasty is currently on the lookout for short academic papers (1000-4000words) which address multiple facets of Utopia or Distopia. We areespecially interested in papers which consider cinematic Distopia such asMetropolis and Brazil, televised voyeurism in the form of Survivor and BigBrother, or postmodern textual Distopia, such as Douglas Copeland's ShampooPlanet.

nasty is a peer-reviewed journal, which exists to create a forum for thepromotion and dissemination of new, controversial and challenging culturaland academic thought across the humanities. nasty accepts work from allrealms of the Humanities, including English language literature,anthropology, history, sociology, women's studies, and cultural studies. Atthis time, nasty can only accept electronic submissions addressed to kirstenc. uszkalo at submissions_at_nasty.cx. Recent publications and submissioninformation can be found at http://nasty.cx.